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Nihung

Nihung is the alternative form of Nihang.

Meaning of Nihang

Noun

Nihang (plural Nihangs or Nihang)

  1. A member of an armed Sikh order who dominated early Sikh military history.
    • You (Vickrum Digwa) are a member of an order of Sikhs called the Nihang who have a tradition of having a second knife, or kirpan and that is often fully visible, believing that the guru will look favourably on that.2026 June 1, William Mousley, R v Vickrum Singh Digwa, sentencing remarks

Forms of Nihung

pluralNihungs
pluralNihung

Questions about Nihung

What is Nihung the alternative form of?
Nihung is the alternative form of Nihang.

Words near Nihung in the dictionary

  1. Nihongo
  2. nihonium
  3. Nihonjinron
  4. Nihonmatsu
  5. NIHR
  6. Nihung
  7. Nihungs
  8. NII
  9. Niigaki
  10. Niigakis
  11. Niigata

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Nihung (page history and authors); Nihang (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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